Paradachshund
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- Comment on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Price Update - Xbox Wire 2 weeks ago:
That makes a lot of sense. I’m sure this latest duo was especially true for since 6 was so much better than 7.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Price Update - Xbox Wire 2 weeks ago:
Not that I care about cod particularly, but you’re not kidding. They’re yearly releases so that basically means you don’t get to play at all until the player base moves to the next one.
- Comment on Substance abuses 3 weeks ago:
This ain’t a crack house, it’s a crack home.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo 3 weeks ago:
As far as I know it was a loss leader, too, as in they priced it lower than it would be profitable to take over the market before the hikes. So with that in mind it sounds like they’re pretty screwed.
- Comment on Indie Pass, a Subscription Service for Indie Games, Launches on PC - IGN 3 weeks ago:
From what I’ve heard they’re having trouble convincing devs to join so I think you’re spot on
- Comment on Indie Pass, a Subscription Service for Indie Games, Launches on PC - IGN 3 weeks ago:
It’s called an add-on and it’s existed for decades.
- Comment on What would you personally consider a shitpost? Basic definition below. Let me know how your definition varies. 4 weeks ago:
This is my understanding too
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Has it gotten insane in Canada too? I live in nw US and it’s gotten so expensive I don’t even buy it anymore. Easily 3-4x the price of pork.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Beef? In this economy?
- Comment on It's important to remember that real art comes from people, not AI. 5 weeks ago:
As a professional creative, I think the fear is losing the somewhat rote and “boring” creative jobs that actually pay the bills. It’s very rare to make a living from truly artistic work alone.
I don’t think it does as good of a job as I can, but some of the people paying for it may not value that level of difference.
- Comment on mogged 1 month ago:
👀
- Comment on Nvidia CEO Says He Gets Where The DLSS 5 Outrage Is Coming From: ‘I Don’t Love AI Slop Myself’ 1 month ago:
The game has to have implemented it, just like all graphics settings.
- Comment on Trying out the meme that The Last Leg are trying to launch 1 month ago:
Hang in there. The horrors persist but so do we. 🫡
- Comment on Trying out the meme that The Last Leg are trying to launch 1 month ago:
I got told that about my 30s, and so far they’ve been by far the most stressful period I’ve ever lived through.
- Comment on Arc Raiders Has Started Replacing AI Voices With Human Ones 1 month ago:
I don’t like that they used them in the first place, but I’m glad to see this move. They certainly have the money.
- Comment on Anon blows his dad's mind 1 month ago:
I know someone who this actually happened to! They’re a vet and some woman came in saying her male cat had bugs stuck to him. When told they were nipples this woman literally said the same thing. 🤦♂️
- Comment on Means to deceive 2 months ago:
Meta’s flaccid infinity never stops looking dumb to me
- Comment on Autism awareness 2 months ago:
This isn’t what this community is for. That’s why you’re getting downvotes, not because of your disability.
- Comment on Me describing what I see in the mirror 2 months ago:
This one is giving ornithologists a run for their money
- Comment on Why am I getting downvoted 2 months ago:
You’re posting random chat stuff in a meme community. Look up a casual conversation community. I think you’ll have more of the response you’re looking for there.
- Comment on Magical 2 months ago:
You’re looking at the shit post right now
- Comment on it keeps getting momentum 2 months ago:
It’s even worse than that, because the more users they have the more expensive the tools are to run. It’s the opposite of how economy of scale is supposed to work. I forget the exact numbers but apparently for every dollar they make they lose 2 or 3x that.
Every new iteration of their models is also exponentially more expensive to run. They desperately need the output to improve because of how inconsistent it is, but doing that only increases the money hemorrhage.
There’s basically no way out from what I’ve been reading about it.
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 2 months ago:
Sounds like it’s a little more nuanced than I thought. In my play throughs it seemed like everyone was always ready to go!
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 2 months ago:
Do you mean the being shot down part? Cause the devs have said in interviews that they purposely made the characters player-sexual.
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 2 months ago:
I also would love to see this!
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 2 months ago:
🫡
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 2 months ago:
Thanks for writing all that! I’m interested as someone who isn’t asexual, so I find your perspective really interesting since it’s not something I can personally experience.
I haven’t played mass effect, but that write up mirrors how I’ve felt about a lot of games with tacked on romance. Also, as someone who does enjoy sex, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a good sex scene in a game. Baldur’s Gate 3, for all the hype about the sex in it, was still pretty weak imo. You’re not missing much in other words!
I mentioned it in another comment on this thread about BG3, but it sounds like mass effect also went with the “player-sexual” approach, meaning every character is into you no matter who you are. I find that approach really off-putting personally. I would much rather have characters love or hate you based on the character you made. This means you could even try and get shot down, which would be a nice realistic image of dating where that is always very possible (even more bonus points if a game let you fuck up the relationship after it started).
I like how you emphasize the focus on a relationship in Haven. I think most romances in games are dating simulators, not relationship simulators, and I hadn’t been able to put that into words until you said all this.
I’m someone who has always preferred the stability and comfort of an established relationship over the high stakes feeling of dating, but that’s not true for everyone. Some people who only like the beginning, and once things settle they lose interest. I’ve been happily married for a long time, and I don’t miss dating at all. It seems like there need to be more relationship simulations so that people like you and I can enjoy romance in games more!
- Comment on ‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront 2 months ago:
I agree with that, but negative reviews also affect the algorithm. If enough of those reviews drown out positive ones it will reduce the chance you see the game at all.
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 2 months ago:
If you don’t mind sharing, what are the differences in how sex is portrayed in this game vs how you don’t like it?
